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		crdoconnor on Jan 11, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Does Brexit end not with a bang but a whimper? Dead weight losses occur in the case of distorting subsidies/tariffs or one side of the equation is a monopoly. I don't see the relevance to Brexit's effect on the job market.

rusk on Jan 12, 2018 [2 more]

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crdoconnor on Jan 12, 2018 | [–]

To rephrase: it's completely irrelevant and I think you're now dimly aware of that.

This is likely why you did not ever attempt to explain its significance and responded with a facile insult when I alluded to its irrelevance.

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